Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71z - Lenovo Thinkvantage Toolbox; PC-Doctor for DOS

Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint
theloglescreatedbytheprogram.YouwillneedthelogleswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnical
supportrepresentative.
LenovoThinkVantageToolbox
TheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramhelpsyoumaintainyourcomputer,improvecomputingsecurity,
diagnosecomputerproblems,getfamiliarwiththeinnovativetechnologiesprovidedbyLenovo,andget
moreinformationaboutyourcomputer.YoucanusethediagnosticsfeatureoftheLenovoThinkVantage
Toolboxprogramtotestdevices,diagnosecomputerproblems,createbootablediagnosticmedia,update
systemdrivers,andviewsysteminformation.
ToruntheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙All
Programs➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙SystemHealthandDiagnostics.Followtheinstructionson
thescreen.
Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoThinkVantageToolbox
helpsystem.
PC-DoctorforDOS
YoucanalsodownloadthelatestversionofthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.ThePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramrunsindependentlyofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.UsethePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystemorifthetwodiagnosticprogramspreinstalledonyourcomputerhavenot
beensuccessfulinisolatingapossibleproblem.YoucanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogram
fromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated.
Creatingadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateadiagnosticdisc.
Tocreateadiagnosticdisc,dothefollowing:
1.Downloadaself-startingbootableCD/DVDimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnosticprogram
from:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.UseanyCD/DVDburningsoftwaretocreateadiagnosticdiscwiththeISOimage.
Runningthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyou
created.
Torunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated,dothefollowing:
1.Makesuretheopticaldriveyouwanttouseissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.
See“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage47.
2.Makesurethecomputeristurnedonandtheninsertthediscintotheopticaldrive.Thediagnostic
programopens.
Note:Youcaninsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouaresettingthestartupdevicesequence.
However,ifyouinsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouhavealreadyenteredtheoperating
system,youneedtorestartthecomputertoaccessthediagnosticprogram.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.
Note:Foradditionalhelp,presstheF1key.
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